May 7, 2016

Photo:  Kira Althouse lent support in nail biting 1 point win over Palmerston Power.

Challenge Season

DBA League Results – Thursday/Friday 5 & 6 May 2016

Round 12

League Women – Thursday – Lightning v Tracy Village Jets

The Tracy Village Jets had to pull this win over the Lightning out of the bag. The Bombers won the contest 66-48, but the final outcome was still in doubt with 7 minutes remaining. Lightning had played the League leaders tough and held the lead at 42-41 after a bucket from Haley Hendricksen with 8:10 left to play. The lead proved to be the last one the Lightning had as the Jets went on a 14 point scoring spree in the next three minutes capped off by a trey from Erin Geer at the 5:07 mark. Geer (15.8ppg) led all scorers with a game high 20 while team mates Kylie Duggan (20.8ppg) hit 16 and Sam Rioli 14. Kira Pendlebury (12ppg) hit a team high 17 for the Lighting with Hendricksen (24.5ppg) finishing up with 16. A tough loss for the Lightning but maybe a little wake-up call for the Jets? One statistic stood out…the Jets hit five of their seven treys in the last quarter in the last eight minutes of the contest. Lightning had none for the game.

Eagles v Palmerston Power

The Eagles prevailed 55-54 over the Palmerston Power in one of the ‘cliff-hangers’ of round 12. The two sides had battled it out for the whole game with never more than 10 points separating them (more often than not it was 2 or 3 points). The Power hit 3 baskets beginning at the 3:48 mark to take a 50-49 lead with 2:20 to play. The Eagles replied with a basket from Sarrita King and then a three pointer from Trish Graham (13.7ppg) to give the Birds a slim 54-52 lead with just 49 seconds remaining. Bronte Hewett added a free throw to make it 55-52 with 36 seconds left before Haven Hohipa-Wilson (5.6ppg) from the Power hit a basket for the final score. Nail biting stuff! Graham finished with 15 and Michelle Friel 10. Haven Hohipa-Wilson had 15 for the Power with Brittany Ward (13.3ppg) adding 13.

Ansett v Uni Rebels

The second ‘cliff-hanger’ was played out between the Blues and Rebels with the Blues of Ansett holding on for a 43-39 win. The Rebels trailed 36-29 at the start of the last quarter and two quick baskets (40-29) by the Blues looked a sure bet to put the game in the win column, but a huge momentum shift to the Rebels changed everything. With 7:58 remaining the Rebels took charge and scrambled towards the end game through Jayelene Boundry (8.2ppg) and Justine Schmidt (7.7ppg) who led a defense that held the Blues scoreless for almost the rest of the game. The Rebels got within one point at 40-39 with just 54 seconds remaining before Tamara Sheppard (19.1ppg) hit a free throw and then Clancy Dorman nailed a two pointer for the win with just 24 seconds left. Tamiyah Perkins (13.7ppg) led the Blues with 11 and Sheppard finished with 10. Boundry led the Rebels with 11 and Schmidt finished with 10

Ladder:                                                       Tracy Village Jets 10-0, Eagles 6-3, Palmerston Power 5-5, Ansett 5-4, Lightning 4-5, Uni Rebels 2-8 & Razzle 1-8

Next Week Rd 13:                                     Thursday 12 May: Lightning v Eagles 6:30pm. Friday 13 May: Ansett v Palmerston Power 6:30pm & Razzle v Tracy Village Jets 8:00pm. Uni Rebels bye

Sunday the 15^st of May Rd 8:                   Tracy Village Jets v Eagles 1:30pm, Razzle v Ansett 3:00pm & Uni Rebels v Lightning 4:30pm. Palmerston Power bye

Men

League Men – Lightning v Tracy Village Jets

The League leading Lightning wasted no time in declaring their intentions against the Jets. The Lightning streaked away in the first quarter for a 20-6 lead on their way to a blowout 96-68 victory. Lightning built up a 49-25 half time lead and were never threatened by the Jets throughout the contest. Austin Kisselev (27.7ppg) & Craig Martin (29.1ppg) combined for 43 points to lead the Lightning to the win. Also adding double figures for the game were Cameron Bailey on 14 and Dylan De Santis with 10. The Jets were led by Travis Ellis (22.1ppg) on 13 and Jett Sukcharoen on 10. Big game next Thursday v second place Eagles.

Ansett v Uni Rebels

Ansett hit a real purple patch in the third quarter to power away from the Uni Rebels for a decisive 95-78 win that keeps their slim playoff hopes alive. The game was shaping up as a real close encounter with the League’s leading scorer JB Pillard III from the Rebels leading the way with 26pts by half time. The Blues had four players putting up big numbers with Max Davis at the front. By half time the score was 46-39 favouring the Rebels. After the half, however, the Blues erupted for 30 points to just 5 for the Rebels to take a match winning 69-51 lead into the last quarter of play. Brad Davis (24.2ppg) hit a team high 29 for the Blues with Max Davies (15.5ppg) chipping in with 17, Joseph Stewart 16 & Matthew Haniford 12. Pillard (38.2ppg) hit a game high 47 with Jake Kirby on 15.

Eagles v Palmerston Power

Jarrod Sheppard (19.1ppg) hit a season high 31 points (including 7 treys) to lead the Eagles to a resounding 105-88 win over the Palmerston Power. In doing so the Birds (7-2) also took over second place on the ladder from the Power who slipped back into third place with a 6-4 record. A dominant third quarter by the Eagles, who outscored the Power 32-19, broke the game wide open leading to the Eagle victory. Joseph Johnson (31.6ppg) lent support to Sheppard with 28, Joseph Prophet 16 and Reece Turner 10. Jesse Bell (23.2ppg) again led from the front for the Power with 28. He had help from Thomas Godwin 14, Aaron Simpson 13 and Fisto Bizima 11.

Ladder:    Lightning 8-1, Eagles 7-2, Palmerston Power 6-4, Tracy Village Jets 5-5, Uni Rebels 4-6, Ansett 3-6 & Razzle 0-9

Next week Rd 13:     Thursday 12 May: Lightning v Eagles 8:00pm Friday 13 May: Razzle v Tracy Village Jets 6:30pm & Ansett v Palmerston Power 8:00pm. Uni Rebels bye

Sunday the 15^st of May Rd 8:     Razzle v Ansett 1:30pm,Uni Rebels v Lightning 3:00pm & Tracy Village Jets v Eagles 4:30pm. Palmerston Power bye